mr. barna, you were right

i have to say george barna's book 'revolution' has been influential these past months. (i know liles is a bit skeptical, but it really helped me.) i knew he was right when he said to be prepared for criticism and even persecution by people who just can't understand... i just didn't really think it would come so fast or from where it did. no, i guess i figured on some from that place but not to such an extent. i didn't expect the personal attack on my closest friend. (even if he is a left wing wacko) why is it that people can't come to grips with the fact that everyone is not like them? why are differences so feared? and what's so strange/bad about an unmarried 28 year old who likes to dress and eat well? that's the norm these days you know. people are spending more time finding their place in this f-ed up world and figuring out what their career path etc will be. it's a rare case to find someone like me who maried his high school sweet-heart at 20. that's sooo 1970's. (and btw, not the soundest economical approach either) and who's business is it anyway? if a person chooses to live to a ripe old age w/o ever tying the knot isn't that up to them? (i'm not saying you will bro.) and why is that somehow suspicious? didn't paul go unmarried? didn't he say he wished everyone would be like him so that they could focus on the business of spreading the Gospel instead of personal commitments? (he did for those of you in rio linda) i'm pissed at the person for even thinking to say the things he said, but i'm also pissed at myself for gracing such ignorance with a response. i should have just ended the conversation then and there and i didn't. i'm sorry bro. it just caught me so off guard.

to those of you around me at the moment let me pre-apologize for any rudeness that might come out of me... i'm in a foul mood for a host of reasons the above is high on the list.